16.5% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mackay · Suburb / Locality
Language in Mackay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people in Mackay use a language other than English at home compared to most similar areas. While 16.5% of residents speak another language, this is still well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 66.1% of people, though Tagalog is the most common non-English language at 3.5%. Despite the higher use of other languages, very few residents—just 1.9%—speak little or no English.
1.9% ▼ -24.3%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31724/mackay/topic/language